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Diptych with the Virgin and Child and Saint Nicholas

Russian (Artist)
19th century (Modern)
bronze
(Byzantium and Early Russia)

The outside of this small pectoral diptych icon is decorated with flowers and a cross. The inside contains on one side an image of the Virgin and Child flanked by two worshipers and on the other an image of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker flanked by Christ and the Virgin.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

[Purchased in Russia]; George Way Williams, Detroit, Michigan, 1919-1920, by purchase; Mrs. J. Henry Dasenbrook, Baltimore, ca. 1980, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.

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Geographies

Russia (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 1 x D: 2 3/16 in. (2.5 x 5.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. J. Henry Dasenbrock, 1985

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

54.2617

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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